All posts by Rick Hasen
“Nevada GOP fake electors under state investigation”
Nevada Independent:
Nevada’s attorney general is investigating the six Republicans who, in 2020, falsely pledged Nevada’s electoral votes to Donald Trump even though the former president lost to President Joe Biden by 2.4 percentage points. It marks a significant change… Continue reading
“Today’s Election Administration Landscape”
From Paul Gronke at Electionline Weekly:
As regular electionline Weekly readers know, the administration of elections in the United States is a decentralized system with a complex set of diverse institutional arrangements that vary across states and sub-state jurisdictions.
Nearly… Continue reading
“Ethics panel finds ‘substantial evidence’ Rep. Santos violated federal laws”
WaPo:
House investigators found “substantial evidence” that Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) knowingly violated a litany of ethics and criminal laws, according a House Ethics Committee report released Thursday.
“Representative Santos’ conduct warrants public condemnation, is beneath the dignity of the… Continue reading
“The New Hampshire Primary Will Be Jan. 23”
NYT:
New Hampshire’s presidential primary will be held Jan. 23, state officials announced on Wednesday.
The date had been in contention since the Democratic National Committee decided earlier this year to change its nominating calendar, which had long given New… Continue reading
Massachusetts: “Video allegedly shows woman stealing ballots from Lawrence mailbox”
NBC 10 Boston:
Officials are looking into allegations of possible voter fraud in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and NBC10 Boston has obtained video footage from a man’s home that appears to show a woman removing ballots from his mailbox.
The man, who… Continue reading
Now Available in Time for Winter/Spring Classes: The Fifth Edition of My Student Study Aid, Remedies: Examples and Explanations
Hot off the presses with a 2024 cover date:
Examples & Explanations for Remedies, Fifth Edition
The Fifth Edition of Examples& Explanations: Remedies provides a bridge between law school and the real world.A favorite classroom prep tool of successful students that is often recommended… Continue reading
“State Implementation of the Electoral Count Reform Act and the Mitigation of Election-Subversion Risk in 2024 and Beyond”
Very important piece from Kate Hamilton in the Yale Law Journal Forum:
The 2020 election and its aftermath were a shocking warning that election subversion poses a threat to the continued health of American democracy. Unlike voter suppression, which is… Continue reading
New York: “State’s highest court weighs redistricting arguments that could shape House of Representatives”
“How Trump and His Allies Plan to Wield Power in 2025”
NYT:
Former President Donald J. Trump declared in the first rally of his 2024 presidential campaign: “I am your retribution.” He later vowed to use the Justice Department to go after his political adversaries, starting with President Biden and his… Continue reading
Former NJ Secretary of State and EAC Commissioner Soaries Calls for Fusion Voting
Here at the Messenger.
“Meta Allows Ads Claiming Rigged 2020 Election on Facebook, Instagram”
WSJ:
Meta Platforms will let political ads on Facebook and Instagram question the legitimacy of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, one of several changes the social-media company and other platforms have made to loosen constraints on campaign advertising for… Continue reading
“After Trump case video leak, Georgia prosecutor seeks emergency seal for evidence”
WaPo:
The Atlanta-area prosecutor leading the criminal racketeering case against former president Donald Trump and 14 allies alleging they broke the law when they sought to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia asked the judge overseeing the case to… Continue reading
“Univision, the Spanish language news giant, shifts its approach to Trump”
WaPo:
When Donald Trump ran for reelection in 2020, his campaign called Univision, the nation’s most influential Spanish-language network, “a leftist propaganda machine and a mouthpiece of the Democrat Party.”
“We shall treat them accordingly,” top advisers promised.
Three years… Continue reading